Following France’s fall to Germany in June 1940, the Japanese…
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2 July 1976: Socialist Republic of Vietnam Established
On 2 July 1976, Vietnam became the Socialist Republic of…
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1958: Lê Huy Toàn’s ‘SMOLEVSK’ Revelation
Colonel Lê Huy Toàn became one of Vietnam’s best-known wartime…
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8 May-21 July 1954: The Geneva Conference
A day after the French defeat at Điện Biên Phủ,…
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13 March-7 May 1954: The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ
Phạm Thanh Tâm recounts his experiences and roles as a…
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Lương Xuân Đoàn Biography
Third Generation Artist: Vietnam’s Post-War Socialist Realism Lương Xuân Đoàn…
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Early-1952: Training in China and the “Soldiers of Bronze Foot and Iron Skin”
At the beginning of 1952, the First Indochina War between…
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November 1951: General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny leaves Vietnam
In November 1951, General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was…
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1951-1953: The Campaigns for the Red River Delta and Hòa Bình
In the years leading up to 1953, both the French…
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December 1950: Phan Kế An paints “Remembering the Northwest”
By the end of 1950, North Vietnam had politically and…
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